Taxon Contributors
Contributors produce comprehensive documentation on diatoms, leading to consistent and correct taxonomy.
Contributors produce comprehensive documentation on diatoms, leading to consistent and correct taxonomy.
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For practitioners
Classification information, citations, links and species listings for 183 genera completed to date.
Identification guides, original descriptions, citations, autecological information and more for 1070 species and growing.
This project depends on many people to document the diverse diatom flora of streams, rivers, wetlands, lakes, springs, soils, estuaries and coastal zones.
15 March 2023
We are back and it is spring 2023! Would you like to be part of Diatom Web Academy? We welcome participation by diatomists at every level. Being a...
07 March 2023
Logistics Workshop title: Harmonisation of (sub)Arctic diatom taxonomyDates: 6-8 June 2023 (register by 31 March)Location: Ecosystems and...
04 March 2023
Good question. There are not only an abundance of terms to describe the silicious parts of diatoms, but terms are often redundant and overlapping. In...